Paul advertising in Texas

Via Morning Score, Ron Paul is going to start airing a television commercial in his home state of Texas, even though the Lone Star State's primary is more than a month away on May 29.

The ad — which coincides with a Paul campaign swing through Texas — calls the 2012 primary a race "between a big-spending, debt-ceiling-raising fiscal liberal, the Moon colony guy, a moderate from Massachusetts or a Texan with a real plan to balance the budget."

Those who view Paul as something of a Mitt Romney accomplice might note that the "moderate from Massachusetts" label is a bit softer than the language used for the other candidates. Paul has not been close to the top in Texas polling but, assuming the state sticks with its proportional-allocation plan, he could conceivably collect delegates from his home base.